Matthew Watts

Matt serves as Senior Vice President at Raymond James Financial, Inc. responsible for supervision of traditional and specialized products, investment advisory programs, ERISA solutions, banking and lending products, as well as leading fiduciary change initiatives corresponding to other federal (e.g. DOL) or state fiduciary rules or proposals. He also serves on the firm’s Private Client Group Operating Committee. Over the course of 20 years he has held a number of other product area, compliance and risk management roles at the firm. He holds the Series 7, 24, 55, 63, and 99 securities licenses, and is a SIFMA Securities Industry Institute at Wharton (SII), and Columbia Business School executive development program graduate. Matt began his career at Accenture where he focused primarily on restructuring business processes and organizational design in the context of enterprise resource planning software implementations. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1995 from Cornell University with Distinction in all Subjects, and received his M.B.A. from the University of South Florida in 2006. He was born and raised in Queens, New York, and currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife and children. As a proponent of the idea that quality education for all is the biggest key to a healthy and productive society, Matt is honored to serve on the Step Up For Students Advisory Board.